Question

Complete the following passage by using the words in the box．Each word can only be used once．Note that there is one word more than you need．

A collection of more than 30,000 ancient fossils, including dinosaur skeletons, are facing the risk of destruction in Hebei Province, north China, unless effective measures are taken to protect them from further damage．Because of a lack of funding and appropriate protection 　　1　　, the fossils were beginning to weather and oxidize．If the situation 　　2　　, these fossils will become 　　3　　 a pile of dust．In a showroom without any temperature or humidity-setting facilities, the fossils are 　　4　　 in and around a sand pan, 　　5　　 with thick dust．Most of the collection is a 20–metre–long, five–metre–high skeleton believed to have existed in the late Cretacuous period, when dinosaurs began to become 　　6　　．It is rare 　　7　　 anywhere in the world．It took five years to unearth and clean up the skeleton, and 70 percent of the bones where found and pieced together．It’s a pity that the 　　8　　 skeleton could not be 　　9　　 or made available for research as there were no exhibition halls or protection facilities．The local government has begun to take notice of the problem．Recently experts and local officials have sat together to discuss the possibility of raising funds to build a provincial nature museum．

Answer 1

答案：A,B,F,C,E,H,D,G,I